13 MAD FOLD-INS: An AL JAFFEE Celebration

Posted By Dan Greenfield on Jul 4, 2019 | 0 comments

Selected by the folks at Mad Magazine themselves!

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UPDATED 7/4/19: Mad Magazine is ceasing production of new material. (Mostly. Click here.) Seemed like a good time to re-present this piece from 2016. — Dan

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Usually it’s 13 COVERS when one of the greats celebrates a birthday. Al Jaffee, who’s now 95? 13 Mad Fold-Ins!

Now, we could have gone all retro, but the beautiful thing is that this selection shows just how vibrant Jaffee is now. (That last one is his most recent.) Not to sound like a condescending tool, but good lord do I hope I still have it at 95.

Here they are, in chronological order. (Dates are pubdates.)

Issue #87, June 1964

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Issue #201, Sept. 1978

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Issue #486, Feb. 2008

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Issue #490, June 2008

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Issue #501, Oct. 2009

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Issue #520, April 2013

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Issue #523, Oct. 2013

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Issue #524, Dec. 2013

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Issue #525, Feb. 2014

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Issue #529, Oct. 2014

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Issue #530, Dec. 2014

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Issue #535, Oct. 2015

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Issue #537, Feb. 2016

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MORE

— 13 COVERS: A Salute to MAD MAGAZINE. Click here.

— 13 DON MARTIN CARTOONS: A Salute. Click here.